. >> so he dons the red cap in protest. he says european enlargement is part of the problem, as brittany simply cannot compete with cheap eastern european laborers in the german agricultural industry. that said, he believes french centralism is the greatest hurdle to brittany's progress. >> farmers, fishermen, laborers, even employers showed up at the big demonstration. this is not the same as those social movements that lead teachers to strike or farmers to demonstrate. this is a whole region saying, "stop, we want a different system in this country. give us the means to make it happen." >> he has run a deli here for decades, but he now fears for his future. >> the situation is very unsettling. if we close the factories, we will certainly have a thousand people on the streets -- we will suddenly have 8000 people on the streets. the place will become an economic desert. >> a sense of unease is slowly spreading through france's political ranks. the economic crisis, a weak president, and rising unemployment all play to the wa